Senior Software Engineer, Chem-Bio
UK AI Security Institute · London, UK · London
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At a glance
Highlights
- Build shared platform enabling AI chem-bio risk research.
- Architect LLM agent systems and evaluation frameworks for science.
- Shape government decisions on AI security from heart of UK government.
Ideal candidate
Senior platform-minded engineer who loves enabling researchers and owning complex systems end-to-end. Collaborative, pragmatic and motivated by reducing chemical-biological risks from advanced AI.
Requirements
- Significant experience writing scalable, robust production-level Python code with track record of delivering substantial work
- Strong infrastructure and platform skills with AWS, Kubernetes and job scheduling such as Slurm
- Experience owning technical projects or major systems as a senior individual contributor
- hiring process
- Pre-employment checks including criminal record check and BPSS clearance, with preference for CTC eligibility.
Lab profile
About UK AI Security Institute
UK government institute studying advanced AI risks and turning research into protective action.
Known for
- Alignment red-teaming
- Control red-teaming
- Misuse red-teaming
- Cyber and autonomous systems security
Key facts
- Based in the UK
- UK government-backed
- World's largest dedicated advanced AI risk team